Microsoft Reveals Pricing for Intel-based, Full-HD Surface Pro: $899Today, I want to share a bit more detail about the growing Surface family of products and Surface with Windows 8 Pro, specifically around pricing. In January, Surface with Windows 8 Pro will be available in two versions and pricing will start at $899. 128GB Edition will come at $999.

Google Drive adds site publishingThe hit parade of Google Drive updates continues. As of today, account holders can publish web content to their Drive storage in a public folder accessible from any browser.

Windows 8 Gets Off To a Slow Start, According to The NPD GroupThe consumer Windows PC and tablet market didn’t get the boost it needed from the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8 in the U.S. Since the Windows 8 launch on October 26, Windows device sales have fallen 21 percent versus the same period last year, according to leading market research company The NPD Group’s Weekly Tracking Service. Notebooks, which have been weak throughout most of 2012, saw that trend continue as they fell 24 percent. Desktop sales have fared better this year, dropping just 9 percent.

Sony 84? 4K TV Owners To Be Loaned Ultra HD Video Player With 10 MoviesSony has just unveiled a new 4K Ultra HD Video Player to go alongside its latest flagship 84-inch 4K television. In a bid to provide more content to the $25,000 TV set owners, the company has made the unusual move of loaning the media players to its customers instead. The ultra high-def media server will come pre-loaded with no less than ten, full-length feature films delivered in native 4K; the titles include The Amazing Spiderman, Total Recall (the 2012 remake), Battlefield: Los Angeles and Salt. Other 4K movies include hit comedies such as Bad Teacher, That’s My Boy and The Other Guys, while the lineup is rounded out by the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid, and a couple of classics in the form of The Bridge on the River Kwai and Taxi Driver.